ARCHETYPE Social summary (openEHR-EHR-EVALUATION.social_summary.v1)

Summary information about social circumstances or experiences that may have a potential impact on an individual's health.

Use

Use to record a narrative summary about social circumstances or experiences that may have a potential impact on an individual's health.
Use to incorporate the narrative descriptions of social circumstances or experiences already captured within existing clinical systems into an archetyped format.
Use as a container archetype - to provide a common, queryable ENTRY archetype in which specific, detailed CLUSTER archetypes can be nested. Examples of appropriate CLUSTER archetypes may include, and are not limited to, relationships with others, social supports, living arrangements, employment, education and religion.
The use of the term 'social summary' varies enormously in practice. This archetype has been designed to allow the concepts that express social history in varying clincial contexts to be represented with the appropriate mix of re-useable archetypes.

Misuse

Not to be used to record Lifestyle-related information - for example, use specific archetypes for alcohol, tobacco and other substance use; diet and nutrition; and physical activity.

Purpose

To record a narrative summary about social circumstances or experiences that may have a potential impact on an individual's health, and to provide a framework in which to nest detailed CLUSTER archetypes, each of which will describe the various aspects of social circumstances or experiences in detail.